Railway-tie.



B. W. ATKINSON.

Patented Feb.28, 1911.

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a. citizen of the United States, residing at cheaper thanv the ordinary cident to these, is elimin ted.

work of track laying,

Norfolk, in the county useful Improvements in Railway -Ties, of which the following-is a specification.

. The object of the invention is to provide a reinforced concrete cross tie which is very simple in construction;

from the standpoint of initial cost, as .well as the saving effected from durability, and one in which the use of spikes, braces and tie A furtl'er objectof my invention is to provide a tie wherein the'rails willbe securely braced asfiwell as fastened and one, the use of which will greatlyfacilitate the both in the straight and curved sections of the track,..-The.tie is particularly useful in laying, curved-see tions of the track, where it is hi Other objects. of the invention resulting from the peculiar combination ofparts; shown in the drawingwill becomeapparent in the following description.

Figure 1 1s a top plan view of acurved section of a track, the rails laid upon my.

unproved tie. Fig. 2 is a straight section of track employingthe improveditieaFig. 3, is .121 longitudinal section of the tie, withv the v v S mounted thereon; Fig. 4 1s a perspective View of a portion of the metallic shell which is incased "in the concrete or main body of the tie.

'Referring to the several views, the nul meral 1 indicates .the tie composed of cement, concrete or other plastic material, capable of being molded and which hardens, and the numeral 2 designates the metallic shell for reinforcing and strengthening the This shell is trough-shape and is- "position h oncrete body! 1 with an integr of Norfolk and State outer flange of Virginia, have invented certain new and double ,ur

' 'a glamping -.plate' and "projecting: up through ahole in the shell or which is amen wooden tie, both greatly increased-":-

plates, and thefc'ost in adjusting it in .13: de-- sirable to brace the outer railin sai g section; A

the ties that ing, device the bolts at the opposite end of the tie.

It will be. noted that the construction pro- 1 upper surface of said shell.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I l spit ing-aim elf Letters Patent.- Patented Feb. 28, 1911. a lie ndnaieg un ase, i910, 'leriallo. 550,905,

v The up er surface ofthe shell near, one end is prov ged a1 rail brace 4;, to receive the of the rail and securely fasten thetie. The brace, serving'the eof a brace and a fastening device, abuts-Iagainst the vertical part of the :rail to the rail'zlas; shown in Fig. 3. The other or inneiiiside' Qfrthe a l s' esured by m n o a bolt 6, said bolt strehgtliening plate,and' through an elongated'slot 6 in the clamping plate 5, the

jalatter -plate being firmly clamped to the rail flange by a nut 7 The elongated slot in the clamping-plate, permits of a slight lateral movement of the plate, which is desirable in proper position on the flange of1=the rail. The opposite rail is securely. fastened to the tie by clamping plates 8 and Qandbolts l0 and 11, respectively. These bolts pass upward through the shell and elampingplatesand the nuts 12 and 13 are used to bind the clamping plates upon the rail flanges. These clamping plates 8 and a In laying the track, I prefer to so arrange combined rail brace and. fasten- 4 will come alternately on the outer'side of th rail throughout a straight track section, but in the construction'of a curved section of a track, I prefer to so arrange the ties, that the brace and fastening device of each lie, will come against the outer rail, where greater bracing is required. In laying the track, there will be found little, if any use for a track gage, for the .proper. gage of the rail is theintegral brace and fastening clamp and vides abearing for the rail, partially of metal, or theupper surface of the shell and partially .of concrete on each side of the have produced a very s mpleand durable tie. and one in which, without the slightest alter-' ation in the ties, will permit of the bunenag, device on, alter of a straight section of the track with the combined brace fastenin I Date sides of thetrack antl'on theouterside's of the rails and at the same time will Qare also provided with elongated slots 13-.

predetermined by P mof the building ofaieurvedsection of attack I wlth the fastening, (is-1,

vices on the outer side of the rail where bracing in such a, rack section is most idesirable.

=Having thus describedmy lIlVGIllilOIlyWhiLt I claim is 3 l. A composite railway tie, composed of a concrete body reinforced by a trough-shape metallic shell embedded longitudinally therein and flush with the top surface of the tie, said metallic shell having struck up therethrough, an integral combined rail brace and clamp, said shell being provided with perforations in its side, for the passage of concrete, whereby the metallic plate is tied or bonded with the body, bolts and clamping plates for fastening the rails to the tie.

2. In railway construction, the combination with the track rails oila losite tie composed of a concrete body rein orced by l a trough-ska e metallic shell embedded 1ongitudinally t ereinfand flush with the top 

